KEF Music Gallery Houses Launch Party for Nothing's Headphone (1)
Celebrating the partnership – and therelease of Headphone (1)– Nothing and KEF recently hosted an exclusive launch event atKEF Music Galleryin central London. A state-of-the-art space, designed as a destination for discovering great sound with listening lounges, a café area, and a podcast room, the music gallery became an extension of the headphone's immersive audio as a collective of artists, tastemakers, and producers turned up to sample and interact with the sleek device.
Having been heralded by Nothing's Head of Design as a product that 'looks different, works differently, and invites people to connect with sound in a more expressive way,' the event played on the theme of 'Come to Play' with DJ stations set up for guests to play their favorite tracks on the headphones as well as trial the recently launched flagship Nothing Phone (3). Elsewhere, the sound exploration continued in the cinema room, amplifying Nothing and KEF's acoustic innovation in full effect with clips from cult films.
After a short speech from Head of Global Smart Products Marketing at Nothing, Andrew Freshwater, and the Associate Marketing Director at KEF, Zoe Baddeley, a live set from DJ, music curator, and co-founder of music platformTouching Bass,Errol, raised the tempo for the night ahead, using Headphone (1) to mix and select his tracks seamlessly. With drinks in hand – including playfully redesigned cans from Ghost Labs and beers from NOAM – the creative audience showed how self-expression came part and parcel of the audio experience, with the headphones bringing a new layer to their looks.
Take a look at what went down in the event capture featured in the gallery above.
Headphone (1) is now available to shop on Nothing'swebsite, KEF's dedicatedwebpage, and partner retailers for $299.
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